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Obesity and overall mortality: findings from the Jackson Heart Study.
Min, Yuan-I; Gao, Yan; Anugu, Pramod; Anugu, Anshul; Correa, Adolfo.
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  • Min YI; The Jackson Heart Study, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Ste. 701, Jackson, MS, 39213, USA. ymin@umc.edu.
  • Gao Y; The Jackson Heart Study, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Ste. 701, Jackson, MS, 39213, USA.
  • Anugu P; The Jackson Heart Study, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Ste. 701, Jackson, MS, 39213, USA.
  • Anugu A; The Jackson Heart Study, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Ste. 701, Jackson, MS, 39213, USA.
  • Correa A; The Jackson Heart Study, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Ste. 701, Jackson, MS, 39213, USA.
BMC Public Health ; 21(1): 50, 2021 01 06.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33407308
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Overall mortality has been reported to be lower among individuals classified as overweight/obese when compared with their normal weight counterparts ("obesity paradox") when obesity classification is based on the body mass index (BMI). One possible reason for this apparent paradox is that BMI is not a reliable measure of obesity-related risk as it does not differentiate fat mass from lean muscle mass or fat mass phenotypes. Waist circumference (WC), as a measure of central adiposity, may be a better indicator of obesity-related risk. We examined the association of overall mortality with BMI and with WC measures, including WC, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR).

METHODS:

Data from 3976 African American participants (551 deaths) in the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) were analyzed. Cox regression models were used to perform survival analysis. Obesity measures were analyzed as dichotomous (obese/non-obese) and continuous variables. Baseline covariates included age, sex and smoking status.

RESULTS:

Comparing obese to non-obese participants, adjusted hazard ratios (95% CI) for overall mortality were 1.14 (0.96, 1.35), 1.30 (1.07, 1.59), 1.02 (0.73, 1.41) and 1.45 (1.18, 1.79) when using BMI, WC, WHtR and WHR, respectively. For BMI, WC and WHtR, a J-shaped relationship was observed with overall mortality. For WHR, a monotonic increasing relationship was observed with overall mortality.

CONCLUSIONS:

In the JHS, we found that obesity as defined by WC and WHR was associated with an increased risk of overall and CVD mortality, while obesity defined by BMI was associated only with an increased risk of CVD mortality. WHR was the only obesity measure that showed a monotonic increasing relationship with overall and CVD mortality.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Obesidade Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Obesidade Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article